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May Meeting

MAY 21 – Auburn Public Library 4pm – 6pm The Stanton Bird Club is hosting the last lecture for the Spring season featuring pollination and behavioral ecologist, Carla Essenberg. She will be presenting an overview of the work she has Read More…

MARCH MEETING

Monday , March 6 – Auburn Public Library The Stanton Bird Club is hosting the fourth in its 2022-23 lecture series, featuring writer and photographer, Michael Perry who will present a slideshow of his recent trip to Greenland and Copenhagen Read More…

2023 Nature Week

For the 6th year Stanton Bird Club will be offering ‘Thorncrag Nature Week’ from July 17-21. Running from 9:00 AM to Noon, the program is designed to engage students aged 5-10 in natural history as observed in the Thorncrag Sanctuary. Read More…

Packard-Littlefield Farm – Lisbon

Again we had a near perfect day for a bird walk. Twelve people met at the Packard-Littlefield Farm in Lisbon. It was not too cool, it was very sunny, and no wind. The birds were good too. We started off Read More…

Regular Meetings Are Back!

Finally! Regular meetings begin again the fall. And our first meeting will feature a slide show from long-time member Dan Marquis about Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge and White Sands National Park. Dan and two of his photographer friends went Read More…

Pineland Farms – New Gloucester

This morning nine people walked Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The weather was not as nice as we hoped, while it was basically dry on the way home we hit real rain for some time. The birds seemed promising in Read More…

YMCA Land – Auburn

This morning ten people met at the YMCA camp property in Auburn for what was a nice walk with good birds and nice weather. We quickly encountered a group of warblers and then another group. Indeed our best bird of Read More…

St. Peter’s Cemetery – Lewiston

Another great day for a walk. There was no sun, which is both good and bad, and it was a bit sticky, but it really was a nice day for a walk. Eleven people came to St. Peter’s Cemetery with Read More…

Androscoggin Riverwalk Trail – Lewiston

All week the weather prediction was for a dry morning with low humidity … we had a light drizzle nearly all morning with comfortable temperatures in the high 60s. But we really did not get wet as the drizzle dried Read More…

Fitzgerald Preserve – Brunswick

Eleven people came to the Fitzgerald Preserve in Brunswick on a near perfect day, bright, sunny, a gentle breeze, warm but not too hot. Even the birds cooperated. The most cooperative were two Prairie Warblers, a male Eastern Towhee, and Read More…